Policy Resources
Welcome to AMT’s Policy Resources library – bringing you updates on policy and strategy developments affecting market towns as well as papers and reports that could help your own planning processes.
Localism
- Introduction to Neighbourhood Planning {opens pdf}
- Community Led Planning resources (Members only)
Town Centres and Prosperous Places
- 21st Century Town Centres Report – practical steps to help town centres to survive and thrive
- AMT’s Town Centre Comeback report – FREE for AMT members,£25 for non members
- AMT’s Prosperous Places Position Statement {opens pdf}
- Local Loyalty Guide – FREE for AMT members and £25 for non-members
- Retail and the High Street {opens pdf} – Presentation to NABMA (the National Association of British Market Authorities) Local Councils Seminar, Friday 1 July, Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Rejuvenating market towns speech {opens Word doc}
- Prosperous Places resources (Members only)
Market Towns Review
- Download editions of the Market Towns Review featuring Action for Market Towns Award winners (Members only)
Small towns – then, now and in the future
- A typology of small English towns (Members only)
- A market town renaissance: the next 10 years (Members only)
- A typology of small English Towns (Members only) – Find out where your town lies
- Traditional markets survey (Members only) – Information from the 2009 CLG Select Committee
Affordable Housing
- AMT’s Policy into Practice Paper for Affordable Housing {opens pdf} and its Appendices {opens pdf}
- AMT’s Affordable Housing Case Studies (Members only)
Environment
Rural Services
- The Rural Coalition - Find out about the Rural Coalition and AMT’s input into its work
- Rural Services case studies (Members only)
General
- Glossary of useful terms – Helpful explanations of common terms for those working with small and market towns
What next?
If you’re trying to write a strategy or plan for your town, or if you want to understand how to contribute to a local or regional plan, check here for help. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, get in touch with AMT’s Policy Manager at: alison.eardley@towns.org.uk
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